Reading the .env environment file in Python

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• .env file in the same folder where the program is.

examples/os/.env

SOME_THING=some value

examples/os/show_env.py

import os

print(os.environ.get('MYNAME'))
print(os.getenv('MYNAME'))

pip install python-dotenv

python examples/os/read_env.py
SOME_THING=other python examples/os/read_env.py